Separating The Men From The Boys Photography by Harley-Davidson Archives In 1982 the ad copy said the new FXR Super Glide II was a Harley-Davidson that would "separate the men from the boys," the implication being that the boys were riding "foreign" motorcycles.

The Harley-Davidson Super Glide was a motorcycle model made by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Reputed to be the first factory custom motorcycle , [1] it originated Harley's FX series of motorcycles by mating Sportster components, most notably the front end, with the chassis of their larger big twin motorcycles.

The History of the Harley Davidson FXR It would be fair to say that Harley Davidson is the bike that all bikes aspire to be when they grow up. Harleys are big, beefy, powerful, and command a mighty presence on the road.

When the Harley-Davidson FXR was released in 1982, you’d hear all sorts of hateful slurs being thrown at them and their owners. “Wannabe Harley, Kawasaki lookin’ Jap bike.” It was a dramatic change from the styling and performance that Harley owners had known and loved for years, and many of them rejected the new models.

The Harley-Davidson FXR came back in 1999, but in a limited dose of 900 FXR2 and 900 FXR3s. Brian Blades This article was originally published in the April-May 1999 issue of Cycle World's Big Twin ...

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Coordinates. Harley Davidson, Inc. H D , or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1903. One of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with Indian , the company has survived numerous ownership arrangements, subsidiary arrangements e.g., Aermacchi 1960 1978 and Buell 1987 2009 , periods of poor economic .

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